Preview — Forget Me Not by Coleen Murtagh Paratore

Willa returns in this new stand-alone novel in the WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER series.

Willa returns in this new adventure for the tween set! It is summer on Cape Cod, where Willa Havisham and Joey Kennelly are enjoying their status as most compatible couple. What does the summer hold? New friends, more books, lazy afternoons, and of course Willa will be busy planning more wWilla returns in this new stand-alone novel in the WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER series.

Willa returns in this new adventure for the tween set! It is summer on Cape Cod, where Willa Havisham and Joey Kennelly are enjoying their status as most compatible couple. What does the summer hold? New friends, more books, lazy afternoons, and of course Willa will be busy planning more weddings with her mother, Stella Havisham, the Cape's most famous wedding planner to date!...more

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Oh Willa, you always make me smile. No matter what her adventures or schemes, Willa is always up to something and it’s a trip you want to take with her. This was another read for the 48 Hour Book Challenge, and although it was a short light read, it was lots of fun!

With Forget Me Not as the fourth book in this series, Willa is growing up and author Colleen Murtagh Paratore takes us through Willa’s maturity with a graceful ease. Willa is still relatable to tween readers, but I think the series cOh Willa, you always make me smile. No matter what her adventures or schemes, Willa is always up to something and it’s a trip you want to take with her. This was another read for the 48 Hour Book Challenge, and although it was a short light read, it was lots of fun!

With Forget Me Not as the fourth book in this series, Willa is growing up and author Colleen Murtagh Paratore takes us through Willa’s maturity with a graceful ease. Willa is still relatable to tween readers, but I think the series could appeal to teen readers as Willa herself grows older. Compare this cover to the previous three and you can see the push towards appealing older readers. Lucky for us long time fans, Willa does not lose any of her charm with this makeover.

There’s a lot packed into this short book, but I think that’s one of Ms. Paratore’s strengths-her characters are well developed and the story is well told that she can make a short story so filling to the reader. The only thing I didn't like was that this one felt a little like a placeholder in the series instead of moving the series ahead-and the ending totally left me hanging-so not fair!!!

I’m eager to see where Willa’s story takes her next and where the author is leading us. The ending will leave you wanting more and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next Willa book. I’ll always be happy for a trip to Cape Cod with my favorite wedding planner and book lover!

*Funny side note: Last summer as part of my library's summer reading program I organized book chats with authors via our library's conference phone. One of those authors was the delightful Colleen Murtagh Paratore-(if you ever get a chance to talk to her/go to a book signing I highly recommend it-she truly is a kindred spirit.) As we were chatting, she mentioned they recently did a photo shoot for the new Willa books and the new covers which would feature actual models posing as Willa and JFK. At the idea of a real live boy being JFK the girls mouth's dropped open and maybe even started to slightly drool. Sadly, JFK was in the background on the cover of this one, so hopefully we'll get to see him more close up-I know my girls would be thrilled! ...more

This book is about a girl named Willa that feels like she is losing everything that is close to her. For example her best friend Tina, is beginning to replace Willa with Willa's "rival" Ruby. But despite that Willa is a wrtiter and a reader and always gains confidence in herself when she goes to beach everyday to watch the sunrise and writes in her journal to try and capture its beauty. She gains confidence in herself when she hForget Me NotBy Coleen Murtagh Paratorepp.178ISBN: 978-0-545-09404-7

This book is about a girl named Willa that feels like she is losing everything that is close to her. For example her best friend Tina, is beginning to replace Willa with Willa's "rival" Ruby. But despite that Willa is a wrtiter and a reader and always gains confidence in herself when she goes to beach everyday to watch the sunrise and writes in her journal to try and capture its beauty. She gains confidence in herself when she hangs out with her "perfect" boyfriend and she gains confidence in herself when she helps out her community. Overall Willa is a great character and is a role model to many children.

In this book Willa develops into a very responsible woman and Coleen M. paratore did a great job showing this maturity in Willa. Willa is beginning to kick her jealous feeling and when she does this, it allows her to see things she couldn't see before. This book was a quick read and a great book. I recommend this book to anyone....more

I really disliked this book. I thought that the more books I read from the Wedding Planner's Daughter series, the better it was becoming, but this book for me was a let down, slightly. I don't think I'll be continuing to read the series.

In the fourth instalment of Willa's life, Willa is going through a dramatic and awkward time in her life. Willa's best friend, Tina, seems to be leaving her for Ruby, Tina's old friend. Willa's new friend, Mariel, seems to be attached to Willa's boyfriend, makinI really disliked this book. I thought that the more books I read from the Wedding Planner's Daughter series, the better it was becoming, but this book for me was a let down, slightly. I don't think I'll be continuing to read the series.

In the fourth instalment of Willa's life, Willa is going through a dramatic and awkward time in her life. Willa's best friend, Tina, seems to be leaving her for Ruby, Tina's old friend. Willa's new friend, Mariel, seems to be attached to Willa's boyfriend, making Willa jealous. Whereas, Willa's boyfriend, JFK, seems to be getting everything wrong or Willa seems to be getting everything wrong. As well as the friendship mishaps, Willa is still going through the torment of her mothers miscarriage and the upset over her recent friend leaving town. However, things start to look better for Willa as she is planning a wedding on her own as well as finding a stray dog which could be something of a comfort to her.

I feel like this book was kinda pointless in Willa's life and development as a character. It just seemed to highlight more issues of her town, Cape Cod, and seemed to just portray a trouble-ahead feeling for the characters Willa loves. Maybe this book is there to merely tempt readers to buy the next book and read it, however - I didn't feel like it was worth it and was in no way tempted to purchase the next book. It wasn't appealing enough to make me want to read on, let alone purchase another book that I may or may not enjoy.

Willa's character had been developing nicely in the previous book I had read on the series, and had made me warm to her through her new achievements and her hopes, however the previous books seemed too romance-based. Whereas, this book just seems to be based on nothing but the start of something, but as I have said - it just wasn't tempting enough. I understand that it's a light read that you can just kinda read and then let go of, but it seems to drag on and constantly repeat things. I found with this book there were a lot of repetitions of the previous books, a little bit more detailed compared to the previous books where they just touched on past events. I also felt like this book was a lot more sad and a lot more 'woe is me' when I was reading it. Things were going wrong and Willa's world was crumbling around her, but it seems like there wasn't enough drama. It just made it seem like Willa was having a silly little sulk over nothing.

A younger reader may enjoy this book, but it just wasn't for me. I feel like the previous book was a lot stronger. And I believe that a die hard fan of the series may find this book interesting as I believe it's designed to be a part one of the next book, however it just wasn't tempting enough for me. ...more

Bramble, Cape Cod is a popular vacation spot for tourists from all over the world, but to Willa Havisham it is home. Willa's family owns a small seaside hotel called the Bramblebriar Inn. Her life seems to be going perfectly: business is booming at the inn, she has the best boyfriend ever, and her mom is even trusting her to plan a wedding by herself. That is, until everything starts to turn upside-down. Her boyfriend Joey "JFK" Kennelly starts spending more time with Willa's gorgeous friend thaBramble, Cape Cod is a popular vacation spot for tourists from all over the world, but to Willa Havisham it is home. Willa's family owns a small seaside hotel called the Bramblebriar Inn. Her life seems to be going perfectly: business is booming at the inn, she has the best boyfriend ever, and her mom is even trusting her to plan a wedding by herself. That is, until everything starts to turn upside-down. Her boyfriend Joey "JFK" Kennelly starts spending more time with Willa's gorgeous friend than with her, and the bride-to-be for the wedding she is planning turns into bridezilla. However, when random dog smiles at her everything starts to sort itself out. Willa wants to own this mystery dog more than anything, but will she be too late? If you like books about dogs you will love this book....more

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click here.2/6/11 I'm on page 41 of Forget Me Not. So far it's pretty good. Willa, the main charecter, is scared of going on a boat. Her boy friend, Joseph Kennely (JFK) planned a date on a boat he has been saving up to buy. Willa didn't tell him about her fear until they were deep in the water. JFK now thinks she doesn't trust him. I think this book is good so far and I can't waait to read more.

2/12/11 I'm on page 71 of this book. Ruby is opening a dog spa next door to Willa's famiy owned inn. The dog spa2/6/11 I'm on page 41 of Forget Me Not. So far it's pretty good. Willa, the main charecter, is scared of going on a boat. Her boy friend, Joseph Kennely (JFK) planned a date on a boat he has been saving up to buy. Willa didn't tell him about her fear until they were deep in the water. JFK now thinks she doesn't trust him. I think this book is good so far and I can't waait to read more.

2/12/11 I'm on page 71 of this book. Ruby is opening a dog spa next door to Willa's famiy owned inn. The dog spa is going to be called No Mutts About It. One of Willa's friends, Mariel, doesn't have a lot of money. So when Mare found out aboout No Mutts About It, she was upset. No Mutts About It would have a dog hotel and dog room service. The dogs would have better living conditions then Mariel. When Willa told Mare that she didn't like the idea of a fancy dog spa either, she pushed her best friend Tina even farther away.

2/19/11 I finished this book. What I just relized is that it's part of a series, so I didn't actually read the end yet, it said: "TO BE CONTINUED". In the end of this book, Tina and Ruby came to Willa's first solo wedding. Ruby was the photographer. So Willa setteled her differences with Ruby. I don't know if Willa gets to keep Salty, because his owner shows up. He's the one who has been watching Willa from the top window in No Mutts About It. JFK's flight was full so he has another day with Willa. When he sees Willa with this boy he gets jealous. He asks the boys who he is and the boy says "Don't worry, bloke," the boy says to JFK. "I'm not her boyfriend. I'm her brother."...more

"Forget Me Not" by Coleen Murtagh Paratore is a the fourth in the series "The Wedding Planner's Daughter." Teenaged Willa Havisham's summer is going to be filled with lots of beach, best friends, books, and her boyfriend, Joey Kennelly. Her mother Stella is even letting Willa plan a wedding all by herself! However, the summer takes a turn for the worst when part of the beach gets closed off and causes conflicts in the town, Willa's best friend starts hanging out with someone else, she gets into"Forget Me Not" by Coleen Murtagh Paratore is a the fourth in the series "The Wedding Planner's Daughter." Teenaged Willa Havisham's summer is going to be filled with lots of beach, best friends, books, and her boyfriend, Joey Kennelly. Her mother Stella is even letting Willa plan a wedding all by herself! However, the summer takes a turn for the worst when part of the beach gets closed off and causes conflicts in the town, Willa's best friend starts hanging out with someone else, she gets into a quarrel with Joey, and the bride of Willa's wedding-planning turns out to be a bridezilla!

In my opinion, this book was only okay. It didn't really have a plot, or any conflicts. There were a bunch of little skirmishes that the main character, Willa, had to get over, but really, there wasn't a main conflict. It was more of a diary of an average teen, which I guess is the point, but if it's a book, then I think there should be a conflict. The book was more an account of what happens on a day-to-day basis, without anything to cause a problem. There wasn't much suspense either. I was a fan of the other books, but this one kind of let me down. The summary on the back of the book was kind of misleading. It made the book sound a whole lot better than it really was.

Overall, the book was had no conflict and no plot, but the way the author told the rest of the story was really detailed. The story was told in first-person, so the way Willa saw the world was the way that I saw it when I read it. Although the book was kind of a let-down, I still want to read the next one that comes out....more

It's another summer on Cape Cod and Willa's summer is full of adventures. Her Aunt Ruthie is coming to the inn and Willa gets to plan the entire wedding. Ruthie can be a little headstrong though, and her all-green wedding turns into quite an affair for Willa the wedding planner.

Willa also feels like she might be drifting apart from her best friend, Tina, and JFK is heading off to spend the summer at a sports internship. There'sReviewed by Sarah Bean the Green Bean Teen Queen for TeensReadToo.com

It's another summer on Cape Cod and Willa's summer is full of adventures. Her Aunt Ruthie is coming to the inn and Willa gets to plan the entire wedding. Ruthie can be a little headstrong though, and her all-green wedding turns into quite an affair for Willa the wedding planner.

Willa also feels like she might be drifting apart from her best friend, Tina, and JFK is heading off to spend the summer at a sports internship. There's also a mysterious dog who shows up on the beach and Willa is trying to convince her mom she's ready for a pet. One thing's for sure, Willa's summer is going to be full of surprises!

Oh Willa, you always make me smile. No matter what her adventures or schemes, Willa is always up to something and it's a trip you want to take with her.

With FORGET ME NOT as the fourth book in this series, Willa is growing up and author Coleen Murtagh Paratore takes us through Willa's maturity with graceful ease. Willa is still relatable to tween readers, but I think the series could appeal to teen readers as Willa herself grows older. There's a lot packed into this short book, but I think that's one of Ms. Paratore's strengths - her characters are well-developed and the story is so well told that she can make a short story so filling to the reader.

I'm eager to see where Willa's story takes her next and where the author is leading us. The ending will leave you wanting more and I can't wait to get my hands on the next Willa book. I'll always be happy for a trip to Cape Cod with my favorite wedding planner and book lover!

Escape to the easy, breezy, light-hearted, carefree summertime in Cape Cod with 15-year-old Willa Havisham - wedding planner, book nerd, girlfriend, environmentalist, and awesomist. Every time I picked up this book, I just got lost in its pages. It was like a getaway in and of itself. I felt like I was in-between dreamland and reality when I read this book. It's hard for me to explain - you kinda have to just experience it for yourself. The simplicity of it is really refreshing after reading sucEscape to the easy, breezy, light-hearted, carefree summertime in Cape Cod with 15-year-old Willa Havisham - wedding planner, book nerd, girlfriend, environmentalist, and awesomist. Every time I picked up this book, I just got lost in its pages. It was like a getaway in and of itself. I felt like I was in-between dreamland and reality when I read this book. It's hard for me to explain - you kinda have to just experience it for yourself. The simplicity of it is really refreshing after reading such deep and slightly dark novels recently (e.g. Looking For Alaska, If I Stay, etc.) Yet at the same time it wasn't simple. The plot line was definitely full - somewhat scattered around, but that actually worked for this book because it helped show how many individual thoughts were running around in Willa's head basically at all times. One of my favorite little things in it was how Willa read one short yet powerful book a day - she called them skinny-punch books - and if she really liked it, she would add it to her Pix List - Willa's Summer Skinny-Punch Pix List. The list is actually at the end of the book - right after a HUGE plot twist and a nasty little "TO BE CONTINUED." And the author encourages the reader to start their own Pix List, even giving space and lines for one on the following page. I got the book from the library so I couldn't actually use that and write in books for my Pix List - but if I could, there would've been a pretty good possibility that Forget Me Not would be on it....more

Forget Me Not by: Coleen Murtagh Paratore, is about a young 15 yr. old girl who has an extreme life from my point of view. This girls name is Willa Havisham, she and her family live in Cape Cod, they have a family business, 2 actually, and one day Willa gets a opportunity to plan a wedding, once she gets started many things start to happen but shes willing to fix them just in time. Along with that she also has outside problems to deal with, she manages to deal with those too. Her very polite boyForget Me Not by: Coleen Murtagh Paratore, is about a young 15 yr. old girl who has an extreme life from my point of view. This girls name is Willa Havisham, she and her family live in Cape Cod, they have a family business, 2 actually, and one day Willa gets a opportunity to plan a wedding, once she gets started many things start to happen but shes willing to fix them just in time. Along with that she also has outside problems to deal with, she manages to deal with those too. Her very polite boyfriend JFK treats her like a princess and they are happily inlove until someone steps in it. To find out how Willa trys to plan this wedding, deal with outside problems, and even stop this person from ruining her relationship, read Forget Me Not by: Coleen Murtagh Paratore

This book is best suited for girls who are interested in lovestorys, but can handle a little drama too.I also think the title should be changed because it doesnt really fit right, if I could change the title it would be Willas adventure.I think the ending of the novel will suprise you at first, and the characters can sometimes be too caring....more

This book was really cute. I love The Wedding Planner's Daughter books. The things I liked about this book was that it was so realistic. The events could actually happen to someone. Willa the main and my favorite character is happy with life with her awesome boyfriend JFK and her friends. But there are some difficulties in her life. Her best friend Tina is spending more time with Ruby Sivler that Willa doesn't like . She finds out that JFK is leaving for a month for baseball, and when she findsThis book was really cute. I love The Wedding Planner's Daughter books. The things I liked about this book was that it was so realistic. The events could actually happen to someone. Willa the main and my favorite character is happy with life with her awesome boyfriend JFK and her friends. But there are some difficulties in her life. Her best friend Tina is spending more time with Ruby Sivler that Willa doesn't like . She finds out that JFK is leaving for a month for baseball, and when she finds the perfect dog her mother says she can't keep him. Also for a short period of time she thinks her friend Mariel likes JFK, but she figures out that they are just friends. She also sees a mysterious boy following her. When her step father's earth friendly sister comes for her wedding her mother says she can plan it. Her first ever wedding. But the bride turns out to be controlling. I really liked the ending. I won't say anything but the ending really wants me to read the next book. ...more

Wow! I think the 'Will Havisham' series gets better as it goes along. This one had Willa doing some soul-searching about friendships, about her role in paying 'community rent' (the concept that we owe it to our communities to give back), about her relationships with her family, etc. I really like how she's not afraid to admit hard things about herself: how she learns and grows throughout the book.The cliff-hanger ending was a bit of a surprise, though! Can't wait to see what happens next!

Willa Havisham's summers are never uneventful and this one is no different. She plans a wedding on her own. Willa and her boyfriend Joey must say goodbye for a whole month (drat baseball camp!). And her best friend Tina is spending more and more time with Ruby, Willa's number one frenemy.

What I thought: Watching Willa grow up is a pleasure. I've liked Willa ever since I first met her in The Wedding Planner's Daughter. Willa continues to love reading and is great at thinking on her feet. She mayWilla Havisham's summers are never uneventful and this one is no different. She plans a wedding on her own. Willa and her boyfriend Joey must say goodbye for a whole month (drat baseball camp!). And her best friend Tina is spending more and more time with Ruby, Willa's number one frenemy.

What I thought: Watching Willa grow up is a pleasure. I've liked Willa ever since I first met her in The Wedding Planner's Daughter. Willa continues to love reading and is great at thinking on her feet. She may not be the most enduring character, but I know there's an audience just for her. You've seen them--the bookish girls who perhaps aren't always as quiet as the stereotype dictates. I loved Willa's reading list for the summer. I was glad to see the inclusion of several verse novels. I look forward to reading more about Willa's adventures. In fact, I can't wait after that cliffhanger ending.

I gave this book 5 stars, because it was just an over all good book. It was just a book that I could sit down and en-joy reading, I probably wouldn’t recommend this book to boys but for girls it a total yes. The author did a really good job on explain how hard it can be to be a teenage girl, because of what drama and love problems were always going through. Willa was my favorite part, even though she was nothing like me she like to read and do poetry and have a diary, while I would rather be plaI gave this book 5 stars, because it was just an over all good book. It was just a book that I could sit down and en-joy reading, I probably wouldn’t recommend this book to boys but for girls it a total yes. The author did a really good job on explain how hard it can be to be a teenage girl, because of what drama and love problems were always going through. Willa was my favorite part, even though she was nothing like me she like to read and do poetry and have a diary, while I would rather be playing sports and hanging with friends. It just makes the book better to see how this might affect other girls. The other thing the author did good was making it seem like you were there with her feeling the pain and jealously of losing a friend and being split from your boyfriend. It may not have been my favorite book but it was still a good read!...more

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click here.this book was awsome! Willa is the main character.

Willa's summer is not gonna be like any others. She has friend problems, her frist wedding , & a boy who says he is her brother.

Willa's father got lost in sea and now theres a boy that comes up tpo her and says im your brother. Willa's dad has her sister coming to town and she wants to get married. Willa's mom dosent work planning weddings anymore so Willa takes over.

Willa's boyfriend JFK has to kleave to florida because of a baseball game.Withis book was awsome! Willa is the main character.

Willa's summer is not gonna be like any others. She has friend problems, her frist wedding , & a boy who says he is her brother.

Willa's father got lost in sea and now theres a boy that comes up tpo her and says im your brother. Willa's dad has her sister coming to town and she wants to get married. Willa's mom dosent work planning weddings anymore so Willa takes over.

Willa's boyfriend JFK has to kleave to florida because of a baseball game.Willa gets a little jealouse when her friend is spending to much time with her boyfriend.

& Willa's best friend dosent spend much time with Willa anymore she hangs out with this rich preppy girl Ruby who dosent like Willa at all.

This book was pretty good i want to read the next book in the series....more

This is the first book I read in the series and even though it is #4 you don't feel lost. This is a quick high school/jr. high read but you will enjoy it as an adult too. So I just got on Thriftbooks and bought the rest of the series. :-)Willa gets her first wedding planning gig for her Aunt Ruthie. 178 pages

I thought this book was very interesting. In the long run the theme was about saving the planet and that if things are meant to happen the will. Another theme of this book is that everything happens for i reason. I think everybody should have a skinny punch pix list. Reading every day make you wiser like Willa.

The Wedding Planner's Daughter is a Teen book by Coleen Murtagh Paratore, published by Scholastic Inc. in 2005.

Twelve year old Willa Havisham is a classics reader, a cherry-cordial eater, and a quite possibly the world's worst wisher.

However, when she and her glamorous single mother, Stella, move to Bramble, Cape Cod, Willa's wishes are beginning to come true. She makes her first ever best friend Tina, bonds with her hip, candy making Nana, and, best of all, helps steely Stella fall in love withThe Wedding Planner's Daughter is a Teen book by Coleen Murtagh Paratore, published by Scholastic Inc. in 2005.

Twelve year old Willa Havisham is a classics reader, a cherry-cordial eater, and a quite possibly the world's worst wisher.

However, when she and her glamorous single mother, Stella, move to Bramble, Cape Cod, Willa's wishes are beginning to come true. She makes her first ever best friend Tina, bonds with her hip, candy making Nana, and, best of all, helps steely Stella fall in love with Willa's English teacher, Sam. Before Willa can marry off her mother, or dance with her adorable crush, Joseph, a pit gets stuck in her wishing well....Can Willa undo the damage?...more

It's summer on Cape Cod, where Willa Havisham and Joey "JFK" Kennelly are enjoying their status as most compatible couple. There's plenty of romance, friendship, and summertime fun in sight. Willa's mother, Stella, the famous wedding planer, even let's Willa plan a wedding all by herself! But when baseball and a beautiful girl start to pull JFK away, best friend Tina begins to hang out with the intolerable Ruby Sivler, and the bride to be turns into a bridezilla, Willa knows she must fix things,It's summer on Cape Cod, where Willa Havisham and Joey "JFK" Kennelly are enjoying their status as most compatible couple. There's plenty of romance, friendship, and summertime fun in sight. Willa's mother, Stella, the famous wedding planer, even let's Willa plan a wedding all by herself! But when baseball and a beautiful girl start to pull JFK away, best friend Tina begins to hang out with the intolerable Ruby Sivler, and the bride to be turns into a bridezilla, Willa knows she must fix things, fast. Then Willa finds a dog who smiles at her and, all of a sudden, there are joyful discoveries around every corner, including a mysterious boy who makes JFK jealous....more

The summer is beautiful, don't you think. For Willa, her summer is beautiful and enjoyed. The main location is in the beach, also from that, embarked many lovely story. Willa is a smart girl, she always can think some good idea to solve the problem, even help Ruthie and Spruce to plan their wedding. Sometime, it makes me laughing, like the end of the story, Willa's boyfriend, Joseph (JFK). He saw a boy who with a dog came with Willa, he is jealous of him, and the boy said to him :"Don't worry.. The summer is beautiful, don't you think. For Willa, her summer is beautiful and enjoyed. The main location is in the beach, also from that, embarked many lovely story. Willa is a smart girl, she always can think some good idea to solve the problem, even help Ruthie and Spruce to plan their wedding. Sometime, it makes me laughing, like the end of the story, Willa's boyfriend, Joseph (JFK). He saw a boy who with a dog came with Willa, he is jealous of him, and the boy said to him :"Don't worry... I'm not her boyfriend. I'm her brother." I like this book because it contains love, friendship and affection....more

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click here.I love this book sooooo much. Willa just inspires me sooo much. As I'm writing this review, I have two of the books in the series next to me.

Forget me not is about 15 year-old, Willa, who loves books, loves life, and loves her Cape Cod home.She has a boyfriend named Joseph, but she secretly him JFK in her mind. They're enjoying their new status,"most compatible couple." But Willa's perfect world comes crashing down when she finds out that her long-time dead father, William Havisham, had a son bI love this book sooooo much. Willa just inspires me sooo much. As I'm writing this review, I have two of the books in the series next to me.

Forget me not is about 15 year-old, Willa, who loves books, loves life, and loves her Cape Cod home.She has a boyfriend named Joseph, but she secretly him JFK in her mind. They're enjoying their new status,"most compatible couple." But Willa's perfect world comes crashing down when she finds out that her long-time dead father, William Havisham, had a son before he left England and married Willa's mother.And then the book ends....more

This is an awesome book. It does have a series with it (this is the fourth book) but you really don't need the whole series for it to make sense. When I read this I read like 5 chapters every night and when I got to the last 5 chapters I got really mad because of the ending. You will know what I mean if you read this. If you do read this you will want to get the book after it. (you'll know what I mean if you read it) The only thing is I don't think it has come out yet.

NauliaI got all books from my nearest bookstore, and I really love them all! They really connect to my life (which is good) and Ithey really relate to the fI got all books from my nearest bookstore, and I really love them all! They really connect to my life (which is good) and Ithey really relate to the feelings I have. It's a nice book for middle grade kids "which I am" and I very well enjoy it. I read these books every summer-I dunno why though, I just do it cuz I enjoy them as well as ALL my books I have! But I would have to say that Wish I Might, was my favorite book out of the whole series! But don't get me wrong, I LOVE all the books , but that one inparticular was my fave :)...more
Nov 16, 2014 04:55AM

Summer at Cape Cod is full of fun and laughter for Willa. She is helping her mother with the wedding planning business as well as the everyday business of running a bed and breakfast. Her boyfriend is leaving for a month to play baseball , there is a stray dog that she would like to adopt and she is reading a book a day. Readers, like Willa, will flit from one activity to another without much thought. This book, another in the Wedding Planning Daughter’s series, is perfect for summer reading.

I gave this book 4 stars because I liked this book, it was a really good book. It was about a girl named Willa and she goes to the beach almost every day. When one day a random dog came running up to her with a stick to play fetch with. Willa doesn't know it's her brother's dog until one day when a guy keeps following her around and then she finds out that the dog was his and he was her lost brother. I also liked this book because it is about a dog and it is a mystery and action book.

I love this series! When I read these books, I forget that the main character Willa is not the one writing the books. I forget that the author really is Coleen Murtagh Paratore. I love it when I feel so connected to the main character. If I ever go to Cape Cod, I will be looking for Willa and JFK and Tina and Ruby and Sam and Stella and Nana... the list goes on and on. The author makes the books come alive and I can almost feel the ocean breeze and smell the salty ocean air. So good!

I majored in English at The College of Saint Rose, in Albany, and after two internships in advertising and public relations, decided to enter the communications field, which is a place where writers can write and make a living too. I got married three months after graduation (my husband Tony and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary next August ), and we moved to Connecticut. I workedI majored in English at The College of Saint Rose, in Albany, and after two internships in advertising and public relations, decided to enter the communications field, which is a place where writers can write and make a living too. I got married three months after graduation (my husband Tony and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary next August ), and we moved to Connecticut. I worked at a large advertising/pr firm during the day and got my master's in English at Trinity College nights. When we moved back to the Albany, New York area a few years later, I took a job as a publicist for Russell Sage College in Troy and soon became Director of Communications for the Sage Colleges. Our son, Christopher, was born in 1989. Two years later I took out a small-business loan, left my "safe job" and founded Books Worth Writing, to develop and publish The Remembering Book, an heirloom-quality tribute to a loved one's life (created after losing my best friend to cancer and wanting to be sure the story of her life was remembered and celebrated). This book-product is now in its 3rd printing, 10,000 copies sold. Around that same time, I began teaching as an adjunct instructor in the English Department at Russell Sage, doing freelance public relations assignments for business and nonprofit clients, and leading public-speaking workshops for women. Our son, Connor, was born in 1992 and then our third son, Dylan, in 1994.After Dylan was born, I hopped off the career train for a few years to chase after three boys under the age of 5. I wrote a song for each of my sons and sang their special songs to them as bedtime lullabies. I kept a journal (I have on and off since college), wrote poems, and "roasts" for friends' birthdays, planted a perennial garden, a vegetable garden, read tons of books, started a book club, cleared a walking trail in the woods behind our house…and with my three young sons in tow, I returned to my "library days."We devoured books together, morning, noon and night. We'd fill an L.L. Bean sack full of picture books every week, snuggle up on the couch, and read, read, read. I didn't know it at the time, but in addition to it being enormously FUN, this was fabulous research. As I was devoting my best creative energy to my children and sharing my love of books with them, I was soaking in lessons in characterization and plot and structure and language... feeding my writer's voice in happy hibernation.I still didn't know that I would write children's books, yet everything in my life was leading me on that path. Ironically, I'd meet former business colleagues out and about and they'd say, "you're writing children's books, right?" I can't tell you how many people asked me that. It wasn't my goal or my intention.Breaking into this business was the hardest and longest race I've ever run. I wrote stories for four years before I felt the work was ready. And then, once my writing was of publishable quality, it took two years of submitting before I got a contract. 179 rejections later. You've got to want it badly. You've got to read, read, read, and write, write, write and revise, revise, revise, and listen to people who are wiser than you, and learn from your rejections, and take comments from editors very seriously, and be willing to catch the fireflies of inspiration before they fly off forgotten, and, most of all, you've got to BELIEVE in yourself. Believe, believe, believe.Emerson said "nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Write on....more